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Exhausted by the Pandemic, Nurses Now Face a Worsening Problem of Workplace Violence

By Darby Murnane
Oct 18, 2022

In post-pandemic Texas and beyond, nurses are facing long-term challenges.
As Christian Nationalism Rises, Progressive Pastors in North Texas Fight to Keep the Faith

By Tyler Hicks
Oct 5, 2022

With religious jingoism on the rise, progressive faith leaders must navigate money, politics and the occasional “underground work” to support their flock
Priced Out: How Dallas' Soaring Rental Costs Fuel Homelessness

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 4, 2022

With rents up, some tenants are worried about ending up on the streets.
FIRE: The Free Speech Group Taking on North Texas Colleges

By Simone Carter
Sep 7, 2022

While watching the vice presidential debate in 2020, history professor Lora Burnett started to tweet from her living room in conservative Collin County. Then-Vice President Mike Pence wouldn’t stop talking when the female moderator had repeatedly and kindly asked. Burnett, who’d been scrolling through her Twitter feed and reading comments...
Dallas Attorney Dean Malone Wants to Hold Texas Prisons and County Jails Accountable

By Kate Pezzulli
Aug 30, 2022

Chris Cabler worked hard, loved animals and had a big heart. He would help his family whenever he could. He had two grown children he loved dearly and a grandson who was 6 days old when he died. On May 5, 2019, Cabler hanged himself in a jail in Red...
Brianna Baucum Said CPS Unfairly Took Her Child. Her Former Supporters No Longer Believe Her.

By Jacob Vaughn
Aug 24, 2022

A community rallied around the UT-Arlington student after she lost custody of her daughter. Now, some think her entire story was built on lies.
Despite Legislation and Funding, Texas Still Has Thousands of Untested Rape Kits

By Tyler Hicks
Aug 9, 2022

The Lavinia Masters Act helped clear much of the state’s inordinate backlog, but the fight for delayed justice is far from over
At CPAC, Migration Is an 'Invasion,' Communism Looms and Trump's the 'Most Persecuted' Man in U.S.

By Patrick Strickland
Aug 8, 2022

The three-day gathering in Dallas was an echo chamber of rightwing grievances and buzzwords.
'Excessive Force': Dallas City Marshal Who Slammed Homeless Man Charged and Arrested

By Jacob Vaughn
Aug 5, 2022

For over a year, a homeless man named Deshode Rayvon Patton has been facing charges for resisting arrest. Now, the cop that arrested him has been arrested for allegedly falsifying details of the arrest.
DART Wanted New Routes to Make Commuters Freer. Not Everyone Is Waiting Around for Change.

By Jacob Vaughn
Jul 5, 2022

In February 2020, Jarrett Walker manned a podium in a room at the Old Parkland hospital building, some 200 people in front of him. Speaking to the crowd, he shared his philosophy on public transportation: It boils down to personal freedom. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board had contracted...
In the Late 1980s, the Gay Urban Truth Squad Took Dallas to Task Over the AIDS Crisis

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the...
Four Day Weekend Comedy Troupe's Formula For Success Is Simple: Go Have Fun

By Danny Gallagher
Jun 2, 2022

The performers of Four Day Weekend usually don't warm up before a show. The last 25 concurrent years have been one, long warm up for them.
Their Bodies, Someone Else's Choice: How Texas Offers a Preview of Life After Roe v. Wade

By Simone Carter
May 25, 2022

Even before the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Texas had already passed some of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the country.
For Some in Dallas, Affordable Housing Isn’t All That Affordable

By Jacob Vaughn
May 17, 2022

One Dallas resident said getting into an "affordable" unit in one of the city's TIF districts was difficult, confusing and time consuming. The unit they ended up in wasn't all that affordable either.
McCollege: As Dallas College Consolidates Its Campuses, Some See Crisis

By Simone Carter
Apr 20, 2022

Dallas College has consolidated its seven formerly independent campuses into a single-school structure. Not everyone is happy.
Thicker Than Water: The Re-Rebirth of Midlake

By Vincent Arrieta
Mar 2, 2022

On a chilly January day in their hometown of Denton, the members of beloved folk-rock outfit Midlake are having a spirited discussion about bagels.
A Rough Road to Texas House: On the Campaign Trail of Capitol Riot Defendant Mark Middleton

By Patrick Strickland
Feb 23, 2022

At first glance, Sneaky Pete’s wouldn’t strike you as the kind of place where someone vying for your vote would pitch their political campaign. On the shore of Lewisville Lake, it’s a spot where people can grab a cold beer and a greasy burger after a long day on the water...
Frozen in Place: How Winter Storms Push Texas Jails and Prisons to the Brink

By Tyler Hicks
Feb 8, 2022

When Jerome Van Zandt was booked into Harris County Jail in November 2020, he was optimistic. “There’s no way I’ll be here more than three months,” he told himself. A Navy veteran with 20 years of service, he had been caught with less than a gram of crack cocaine and...
Lynetta Washington Was Killed During a Street Takeover. Her Family is Still Searching For the Killer

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 18, 2022

The Dallas Police Department maintains that the shooting was an accident and that no one meant to kill Lynetta Washington. Her family still thinks otherwise and is determined to get justice.
A Gunman Killed 23 People at a Luby's in Killeen 30 Years Ago. It Changed Texas Forever.

By Tyler Hicks
Jan 11, 2022

The man and his weapons were both from out of town. That’s one of the first things many Killeen residents, both past and present, will remind you: He wasn’t one of them. George Hennard was from Pennsylvania, and he was living in Belton, a city about 25 minutes away from...